T's new inquiry topic for the term was 'Sugar, where does it come from?' after one child asked the question 'What is Diabetes? ' . The tiny teddies and tim tams were having their effect. T thought this was the perfect opportunity to announce a class trip to Canada because she had found out that sugar came from Maple trees in Canada. Whaea Caryn was certain it was, and everyone knew that Whaea Caryn would not tell a lie.
Unfortunately not everyone could go. Whaea Caryn's air points was only enough for maybe one or two teachers, and while parental permission was sought, nobody would gave their consent for their child to go to Canada on a research mission. Pak n' Save, yes, but not Canada.
T had to decide whether to go herself on behalf of everyone else. For research purposes. It was very important for the children to have a responsible adult doing their research for them, in case they got it wrong, and sugar was NOT from Canada after all, they would have wasted a trip.
On paper, it looked good and ticked all the boxes. Canada was where a vital ingredient for Diabetics came from, it was in the North East, which they were all teaching towards, apparently it DOES have bears, which were basically the prototypes for tiny teddies, and it was on T's bucket list.
T filled out a RAMs form to check all the hazards of going and quickly submitted it for approval. This was going to be a huge learning curve for her and she was certain it would be exponentially off the charts to the North East.
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